Tourism Montfrin

Museums and monuments to visit

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  Le musée Auguste Jacquet
  Overlooking the old town, the castle of Beaucaire was built in 1226. Ten years ago, the city resisted the assault troops of the Count of Toulouse. The end of this scale occurs in 1632 by the ...
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  Le bateau Vixit
  Come to Discover a monument of French heritage moored in the port of Beaucaire : Vixit boat is the oldest boat in France. Vixit from 1862 to our days through the two world wars and sunk 3 times ...
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  Château du Roi René
  The Château du Roi René, King emblematic of the Middle Ages and the Hundred Years War, is the main monument of the town of Tarascon, in the Bouches-du-Rhone department. Located on the ...
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  Pont du Gard
  The Pont du Gard is an ancient aqueduct, a remarkable Romans work that crosses the Gard. The construction of the aqueduct by the Romans was back to the 1st century BC. The bridge has three rows of ...
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  Église Sainte-Marthe
  The church Sainte-Marthe (former collegiate Royal St. Marthe) is a Romanesque church situated in Tarascon in the Bouches-du-Rhone. St. Marthe's Church was erected in the eleventh and twelfth ...
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  Mas des Tourelles
  Located in Beaucaire, this former Gallo-Roman villa dates from the Augustan period. The wine and the olive are grown between the first and second century. Today, whites, rosés and reds are ...
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  Tour Anglica de Barbentane
  On your arrival you will see Anglica Tower which is dominating the village from its height of 28 meters and ends with a round turret. Built in 1365, it was the episcopal castle dungeon. She is the ...
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  Château de Barbentane
  You will discover the elegant castle of Barbentane from the XVII. Its recalls the architecture of the homes in Ile de France and remains consistent with the canons of classicism. The castle was built ...
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  Collection Lambert
  Inaugurated in 2000, the Lambert Collection brings together works of art acquired by the gallery owner and collector Yvon Lambert. Representative of his personal tastes, the collection allows the ...
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  Musée Calvet
  Archaeology, Ancient Egyptian art, Art Deco, and fine arts from the sixteenth to twentieth century compose the rich collections of the Calvet Museum opened in 1835. They are due to bequests and ...
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  Le musée du bonbon Haribo
  The Haribo sweet museum is located in Uzès. Its mission is to discover how the sweets are made, but also to immerse yourself in the history of the confectionery. In the first section, visitors ...
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  Palais des Papes
  The Palais de Papes is the symbol of the glory of the Church in the christian western world in the 14th century. It was built in 1335, in less than 20 years, by two popes, Benoit XII and ...
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  Pont Saint-Bénezet
  Built during the twelfth century and composed of 22 arches, the bridge of Avignon was destroyed several times by the flooding of the Rhone. It is rebuilt in the seventeenth century, but collapses ...
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  Musée du Petit Palais
  In 1791 the palace was seized as national property and served as a place to deposit thousands of artworks seized from emigrants and from the clergy. These works of art were then sold or transferred to ...
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  Fort Saint-André de Villeneuve-les-Avignon
  Overlooking the town of Villeneuve-Les-Avignon, Fort Saint-André offers visitors a testament to the history of the region and France. Sponsored by Philipoe le Bel in 1292, he had the dual ...
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  Le musée du Vieux Nîmes
  Located in the center of the medieval town, the Museum of Old Nîmes was created in 1920 by Henri Bauquier inspiration. It tells the story of the city from the late Middle Ages. In all, about ...
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  Arènes de Nîmes
  The Arena of Nîmes is a Roman amphitheatre located in the city centre of Nimes, in the department of the Gard. The Arena of Nîmes was built at the end of the first century after Jesus ...
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  Musée des Beaux Arts
  If a museum is, above all, a collection and the presentation of works to the public, it must go much further, and with much more ambition. This is the case at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de ...
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  Maison Carrée
  The Maison Carrée, located on the Place de la Maison Carrée in the downtown of Nîmes, is the only perfectly preserved temple dating back the Antiquity period in the world. Built in ...
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  Musée Carrée d'Art
  The Carré d'art, made of glass, concrete and steel, is built opposite the Maison Carrée, a Roman temple dating back to the beginning of the first century AD, of which it constitutes ...
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  Abbaye de Montmajour
  Several miles away from Nimes, on a rock surrounded by a swamp, is the Montmajour Abbey. Founded in 948 by Benedictine monks, the monastic complex is composed of a retreat from the 11th century, a ...
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  Collégiale Saint-Pierre
  The Church of St. Pierre is a Gothic church situated in Avignon on the Place Saint-Pierre. Built at the site of a first construction of the seventh century, its present reconstruction dates from 1358. ...
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  La Tour Magne
  The Magne Tower offers a panoramic view of Nîmes. You can explore the city as it was in Roman times a great viewpoint. The only remnant of the ancient walls built by Augustus, stands on the ...